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Yellowknife Historical Society
Established 2002
Location Giant Mine Northwest Territories, Canada
Type planned community museum

The Yellowknife Historical Society, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, was first formed in 2002 as the NWT Mining Heritage Society and began planning for the creation of a mining museum for Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as a whole. In 2017, the society was renamed the Yellowknife Historical Society to broaden its mandate to create a community museum for Yellowknife that would include all cultural aspects of the city's history.

NWT Mining Heritage Site Panorama
Panoramic view of future site

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

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